how on earth do a young couple get a house budget of £950,000 in escape to the country?

[ssd]

what on earth do they do?

[TickleMyTeacakes]

Some people just earn a lot of money. And own a property in London that'll make them a hefty profit.

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

If they both had flats in London,they could easily sell for 400k each.

[mollie123]

London prices insanity
Bank of Mum and Dad (also related to London prices insanity)
Inheritance (also related to London prices insanity)
I wish they would not invade our peaceful green and pleasant countryside with their big budgets and trains back to their jobs in London as they are pricing out those who already live and work in rural areas

[Ffffffftttttttt]

Going off track...
I enjoy the retired couples (also with £££) who want "at least 3 acres", "rural", "5 beds", "huge open plan family kitchen/diner when 1. In a few years they won't be able to manage the garden 2. When one dies or gets sick they will be stuck in middle of nowhere with no neighbours, shops or public transport. 3. They live alone, the move invariably takes them miles away from any children they have, so why do they need so much space? They are then uber critical about everything they are shown.
It seems like they are buying the house that might have suited them 30 years ago, rather than the one that meets their future needs. I'd like a revisit show 5 years down the line to see how they are getting on.

[mollie123]

YY - the retired couples seem to be rather naive about the reality of rural living.
Acres and a large garden need to be cared for (and animals are a tie)
What is the point of large house with 5 beds and umpteen en-suites when the reality is their family will visit a few times a year (at best) as they have their own lives to lead
They will need to drive everywhere as rural public transport is rubbish
They do not need a dining room for 'dinner parties' (this applies to younger 'escapees' too) as rural dwellers go to bed early
You cannot just use the field behind the house (unless it has a footpath) to exercise your dogs as it is likely to contain a crop and/or animals not to mention an irate farmer.

[dailyfailrag]

My friends are early 30s and buying a very posh house in the country. They're both ex-Londoners. She inherited a small flat and her DH brought one at quite a young age in an area that was shitty at the time and is now massively gentrified. They don't come from rich families or anything, they were just very lucky and can now cash in on the property boom. I'm jealous because I'm going to be renting forever!

I don't understand why these older couples buy a big country pile either. I'd rather buy a nice villa with a pool and spend my retirement in the sunshine. Rural life has got to be a bit grim unless you are very active and outdoorsy. My GPs retired to a semi-rural area, and my grandad's eyesight started to go after a few years. My grandma couldn't drive and there was one bus a day, so they were buggered. They had to rely on the family taking them everywhere and it was a PITA to be honest.

[MunchCrunch01]

you know why the retired folks are like that, it's because they couldn't afford to buy that sort of place when they actually had small kids. Both our P in their late 60s live in huuuge places that they didn't own when they actually had children. It's pent up demand for the forever home that means people consistently get the wrong house at the wrong age.